Renee Rapp will recur as Samantha in Apple TV+'s The Morning Show for its upcoming fifth season. The character is a young rising star in the UBN news division seeking success on her own terms. The series, renewed in September, features Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon.
Apple TV+ has renewed The Morning Show for a fifth season, announced in September. TVLine reports that Renee Rapp is joining the cast in a recurring role as Samantha, described officially as 'a young rising star in the UBN news division determined to make it in media on her own terms.' The ensemble already includes Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Billy Crudup, and Jon Hamm, with new additions Jeff Daniels and Jesse Williams, known from Grey's Anatomy, also set for season 5. The series centers on a fictional morning TV talk show. Rapp previously portrayed Leighton in the HBO Max comedy The Sex Lives of College Girls, departing after its third season. She also played Regina George in the Broadway musical version of Mean Girls and its movie adaptation. Additionally, Rapp has pursued music, releasing two albums and serving as the musical guest on a 2024 Saturday Night Live episode. In related casting updates, Maya Hawke, from Stranger Things, will star as Judy in Netflix's drama series The God in the Woods, based on a bestselling novel. Judy is the first female investigator in the Bureau of Criminal Investigation tasked with solving a girl's disappearance from a summer camp in upstate New York.
